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Plant & Animals
Animals
Insects
Insects
General
Beetles
Flies
Hemiptera
Hymenoptera
Lepidoptera
Odonata
Orthoptera
Zygentoma
Acanthosoma
Genus of true bugs
Acherontia lachesis
Species of moth
Aedes aegypti
Species of fly
Africanized bee
Hybrid species of bee
American cockroach
Species of cockroach
Anopheles
Genus of mosquito
Ant
Family of insects
Antlion
Family of insects
Aphid
Superfamily of insects
Aphrophoridae
Family of true bugs
Argentine ant
Species of ant
Army ant
Name used for several ant species
Asian giant hornet
Predatory hornet, largest in the world
Bed bug
Type of insect that feeds on human blood
Bee
Clade of insects
Beetle
Order of insects
Belostomatidae
Family of true bugs
Birdwing
Swallowtail butterfly
Black fly
Family of insects
Blister beetle
Family of beetles
Body louse
Subspecies of insect
Bombyx mori
Moth mainly used in the production of silk
Botfly
Parasitic insect
Bumblebee
Genus of insect
Butterfly
Superfamily of butterflies
Caddisfly
Order of caddisflies
Calliphoridae
Family of insects in the Diptera order
Cardinal beetle
Species of beetle
Carpenter ant
Genus of ants (Camponotus spp.)
Carpenter bee
Common name for a genus of bees
Cat flea
Species of flea
Caterpillar
Larva of a butterfly or moth
Cecidomyiidae
Family of flies
Cicada
Superfamily of insects
Clothes moth
Index of animals with the same common name
Coccinella septempunctata
Species of beetle
Coccinellidae
Family of beetles
Cockchafer
Various species of beetle in the genus Melolontha
Cockroach
Insects of the order Blattodea
Colorado potato beetle
Species of beetle
Common walkingstick
Species of stick insect
Cooloola (insect)
Genus of cricket-like animals
Coptotermes gestroi
Species of termite
Coreidae
Family of insects
Corixidae
Family of true bugs
Crab louse
Species of insect
Crane fly
Superfamily of flies
Cricket (insect)
Small insects of the family Gryllidae
Cuckoo bee
Common name for various bees
Culex
Genus of flies
Damselfly
Suborder of insects
Dead leaf mantis
Common name for several praying mantises
Dog flea
Species of flea
Dragonfly
Raptorial winged insects
Drosophila melanogaster
Species of fruit fly
Dung beetle
Informal group of insects
Dytiscus
Genus of beetles
Earwig
Order of insects
Embioptera
Order of insects
Emperor dragonfly
Species of dragonfly
Empusidae
Family of praying mantises
Erebidae
Family of moths
European dark bee
Subspecies of honey bee
Fall armyworm
Species of moth
Fig wasp
Group of mostly pollinating insects whose larvae live in figs.
Fire ant
Genus of ants
Firebrat
Insect similar to a silverfish
FireFLY
Record producer
Flea
Insects of the order Siphonaptera
Flour beetle
Common name for beetles that eat flour
Flower mantis
Species of mantis camouflaged to resemble flowers to lure their prey
Fly (disambiguation)
Topics referred to by the same term
Formica rufa
Species of ant
Formosan subterranean termite
Species of termite
Fulgoridae
Family of true bugs
Gall wasp
Superfamily of wasps
Geometer moth
Family of insects
German cockroach
Species of cockroach
Gerridae
Family of true bugs
Giant wētā
Genus of cricket-like animals
Giraffe weevil
Species of beetle
Goliathus
Genus of beetles
Gonepteryx rhamni
Species of butterfly
Grasshopper
Common name for a group of insects
Ground beetle
Family of ground beetles
Halobates
Genus of true bugs
Harvester ant
Common name for several different ants
Head louse
Insect parasite of humans
Hemiptera
Order of insects often called bugs
Hercules beetle
Species of beetle
Heteropteryx
Monotypic genus of stick insect
Honey bee
Eusocial flying insect of genus Apis, producing surplus honey
Honeypot ant
Ants that store food in living workers
Hornet
Genus of eusocial wasp
Housefly
Species of insect
Hummingbird hawk-moth
Species of moth
Hump-winged grig
Genus of cricket-like animals
Hymenoptera
Order of insects comprising sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants
Insect
Class of invertebrates
Japanese rhinoceros beetle
Species of beetle
Leaf beetle
Family of beetles
Leafcutter ant
Any of 47 species of leaf-chewing ants
Leafhopper
Family of insects
Lepidoptera
Order of insects including moths and butterflies
Libellula
Genus of dragonflies
Libellulidae
Family of dragonflies
Locust
Swarming grasshoppers
Longhorn beetle
Family of beetles characterized by long antennae
Louse
Order of insects
Luna moth
Species of insect
Lygaeidae
Family of true bugs
Lymantria dispar dispar
Species of moth (gypsy moth)
Macrotermes bellicosus
Species of insect
Madagascar hissing cockroach
Species of cockroach
Mantis
Order of insects
Mantophasmatidae
Family of insects
Mayfly
Aquatic insects of the order Ephemeroptera
Mecoptera
Order of insects with markedly different larvae and adults
Midge
Common name for several species of flies
Mole cricket
Members of the insect family Gryllotalpidae
Monarch butterfly
Milkweed butterfly in the family Nymphalidae
Morpho
Genus of brush-footed butterflies
MOSQUITO
Algorithm (cryptography)
Moth
Group of mostly-nocturnal insects in the order Lepidoptera
Mud dauber
Common name for several species of wasp
Myrmecia (ant)
Genus of ants
Nairobi fly
Name for two species of beetle
Nepomorpha
Infraorder of true bugs
Neuroptera
Order of insects
Noctuidae
Type of moths commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms
Notonectidae
Family of true bugs
Nymphalidae
Largest butterfly family
Ochetellus glaber
Species of ant
Odonata
Order of insects that includes the dragonflies and damselflies
Oriental rat flea
Species of flea
Orthoptera
Order of insects that includes grasshoppers
Pachypasa
Genus of moths
Parasitoid wasp
Group of wasps
Pentatomoidea
Superfamily of true bugs
Peppered moth
Species of moth
Periodical cicadas
Genus of true bugs native to North America
Pharaoh ant
Species of ant
Phasmatodea
Order of stick and leaf insects
Phylliidae
Family of leaf insects
Pieris brassicae
Species of butterfly
Planthopper
Superfamily of insects
Plecoptera
Order of insects
Pollen beetle
Name for several species of beetle
Psocoptera
Order of booklice
Psychodidae
Family of flies
Pterygota
Subclass of insects
Pyrrhocoris apterus
Species of true bug
Ranatra
Genus of true bugs
Reduviidae
Family of insects
Rhaphidophoridae
Family of insects
Rove beetle
Family of beetles
Saldidae
Family of true bugs
Sandfly
Name of several types of blood-sucking fly
Sawfly
Suborder of insects
Scale insect
Superfamily of insects
Scarabaeidae
Family of beetles
Shield mantis
Index of animals with the same common name
Silverfish
Small land insect in the order Zygentoma
Southern hawker
Species of dragonfly
Sphingidae
Family of insects
Stag beetle
Family of insects
Stick mantis
Common name for several praying mantises
Stingless bee
Tribe of bees with reduced stingers, but strong bites
Strepsiptera
Order of insects
Swallowtail butterfly
Butterflies of family Papilionidae
Tabanidae
Family of insects
Tachinidae
Family of insects
Tapinoma melanocephalum
Species of ant
Tapinoma sessile
Species of ant
Tarantula hawk
Common name for two genera of wasps
Tephritidae
Family of fruit flies
Termite
Social insects related to cockroaches
Tetrigidae
Family of grasshoppers
Tettigoniidae
Family of insects
Thrips
Order of insects
Timema
Genus of stick insects
Tortricidae
Family of tortrix moths
Treehopper
Family of insects
Tsetse fly
Genus of disease-spreading insects
Vanessa cardui
Species of butterfly
Veliidae
Family of true bugs
WAsP
Software for wind resource assessment
Water beetle
Common name for any beetle living in water
Weaver ant
Genus of ants
Weevil
Superfamily of beetles
Western honey bee
Species of insect
Wētā
Informal group of insects (Anostostomatidae and Rhaphidophoridae)
Whirligig beetle
Family of beetles
Whitefly
Family of insects
Yellow crazy ant
Species of ant (Anoplolepis gracilipes)
Yellowjacket
Common name for two genera of wasps